| South China is an important production area for supplying vegetables for northern China and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Its unique tropical and subtropical climatic and geographical conditions have formed a special vegetable breeding and cultivation area in South China. Tomato and eggplant are important vegetable crops in China. Due to the long duration of hot, rainy, and humid weather in South China, the outbreak of bacterial wilt has seriously affected the healthy development of the tomato and eggplant industry. Therefore, the collection, evaluation and innovation of high-quality, heat-resistant, and disease-resistant germplasm resources, researches on new varieties breeding
and cultivation techniques, and applied basic researches related to high-quality, high-yield, and disease-resistant are important objective in the tomato and eggplant industry in South China. The researches on the history and current situation of tomato and eggplant, the collection, conservation and innovative utilization of germplasm resources of tomato and eggplant,the breeding of high-quality and high yield new varieties, and the mechanism of high temperature tolerance and bacterial wilt resistance, the industrialized promotion of new varieties and techniques in South China over the past 60 years were summarized, and the current situation of tomato and eggplant breeding and industrial development in South China were systematically elaborated. At the same time, further development strategies were proposed for germplasm innovation and new variety selection of tomato and eggplant, applied basic researches on disease and stress resistance and quality, researches and industrialized application of emerging biotechnology and agricultural technology. This would provide references for the development of seed industry and the whole industry of tomato and eggplant in South China. |
